TMR 30.8: "The Fatherland or Death!" [I the Supreme]

On the final episode of this season of the Two Month Review, librarian, book reviewer, passionate reader, and Open Letter intern, Joseph Alcala joins Chad, Brian, and Kaija to talk about the last chunk of Augusto Roa Bastos’s I the Supreme. They discuss what did and didn’t keep them interested in the book, how it compares to other dictator novels, who the audience for this book might be, and just how fire the ending is.

This week’s music is “A House on Fire” by TRAAMS.

Next season’s title is The Life and Adventures of Trobadora Beatrice as Chronicled by Her Minstrel Laura: A Novel in Thirteen Books and Seven Intermezzosby Irmtraud Morgner, translated from the German by Jeanette Clausen, and the reading schedule will be available next week.

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